Neutrino Models and Baryogenesis
Dr. Ng. K. Francis
(2018)
Neutrino Models and Baryogenesis: pp.
51-90.
Chapter 2. Theoretical Formalism of Baryongenesis
The following sections are included:
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2.1. Baryogenesisvia Leptogenesis
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2.1.1. Observational Evidences of Matter-Antimatter Asymmetry
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2.1.2. Sakharov’s 3 conditions: For generations of Baryons Asymmetry
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2.1.3. Sphaleron Process
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2.1.4. The Rate of B − L Transition
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2.1.5. C and CP Violation in Heavy Particle Decays
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2.2. Leptogenesis
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2.2.1. Lepton Asymmetric Decay of RH Neutrino
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2.2.2. The Davidson-Ibarra Bound
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2.2.3. The Gravitino-over-Production Problem
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2.3. N1-Dominated Scenario (N1 DS) or Minimal Leptogenesis
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2.4. Significance of Flavour Effects
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2.4.1. Heavy Neutrino Flavour Effect
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2.4.2. Lepton Flavour Effects
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2.5. Two Other Important Mechanisms of Baryogenesis
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2.5.1. Affleck-Dine Leptogenesis
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2.5.2. Electroweak Baryogenesis
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2.6. Non-Thermal Leptogenesis
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2.6.1. Inflationary Epoch of the Universe
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2.6.2. Non-Thermal Leptogenesis: Leptogenesis in Inflaton Decay
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2.7. Motivation: Leptogenesis Testability in Future Experiments
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